Kerouac can blow me.

So, I'm in the midst of writing a "road movie", and as such my thoughts turn to other "road movies" to plagiarise seek inspiration from. Generally, I've eschewed the more darker side of asphalt-travellin' (sorry, True Romance and Badlands) in favour of something a little gentler. And while I lay no claim to this being definite, I thought I'd share ten of my favourites from the genre with you, humble (and sexy) blog reader. Thus:

THE SURE THING (dir. Rob Reiner, 1985)
In which John Cusack shotguns beers, agitates Tim Robbins ("Hi, I'm Gary Cooper, but not the one who's dead...") and tries to get it on with that chick from Fly II.

THE WIZARD OF OZ (dir. Victor Fleming, 1939)
Look, I never said anything about this being car-based, did I? Judy Garland has a fugue and imagines some midgets. Happens to the best of us.

Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (dir. Alfonso Cuaron, 2001)
Everyone always ends up talking about the bit where they jerk off on the diving boards, and seem to often overlook discussing the bit where they jerk off on the diving board... Dammit!

MIDNIGHT RUN (dir. Martin Brest, 1988)
This might actually be the most quotable movie of all time. It's certainly the most quotable Yappet Koto movie of all time.

ALMOST FAMOUS (dir. Cameron Crowe, 2000)
The kind of movie that fills me with that warm, fuzzy feeling every time I see it. The sort of feeling normally only brought on by ingesting warm fuzz.


SIDEWAYS (dir. Alexander Payne, 2004)
Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church go to wine country; get into scrapes; learn some home truth; get chased by man with cock out. Like a high-brow Harold & Kumar, really.

THE LAST DETAIL (dir. Hal Ashby, 1973)
You know they remade this in the 90s, right? With Tom Berenger and William McNamara. And Erika Eleniak in the Randy Quaid role. Words fail me.

STAND BY ME (dir. Rob Reiner, 1986)
Technically this should fall into the "off-road movie" category, seeing as they don't spend a lot of time on roads in it.

JUMP TOMORROW (dir. Joel Hopkins, 2001)
Seen by about six people on these shores, this is the only challenger on this list to Almost Famous' "man, that's just lovely" claim. Go and seek it out this instant (or, like, when you have a chance. It's not up to me to tell you what to do)!

INTERSTATE 60 (dir. Bob Gale, 2002)
Even less people saw this one, for shame. It's a bit too episodic to hang together, but it features Gary Oldman as a malevolent genie-type and Chris Cooper as a bat-shit insane lung cancer patient. What's not to like?